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15 02 2012
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Uganda’s ethics minister breaks up LGBT workshop
ENTEBBE, Uganda – Participants in an LGBT workshop at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel were forced to scurry to safety today when Simon Lokodo, State Minister for Ethics and Integrity, burst into a conference and closed it down. Ugandan media, which is largely pro-government, reported that Lokodo to
15 02 2012
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Pregnancy bias is alive and well in America
A pregnant woman who applied for a job at a Subway franchise in Phoenix was told by a manager “we can’t hire you because you’re pregnant.” Last month, she won punitive damages against the employer. The number of pregnancy discrimination charges increased about 15 percent in the last 10 years to 5,7
15 02 2012
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Mexico picks first female chief of federal police
Mexico has for the first time appointed a woman to head the federal police, which is under pressure to bring the country’s powerful drug cartels to heel. Maribel Cervantes replaced Facundo Rosas as commissioner general of the federal police, the Ministry for Public Security said late on Friday. Cer
08 02 2012
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St. Petersburg Approves Fines for 'Gay Promotion'
St. Petersburg’s city legislature approved on Wednesday a bill imposing fines up to $16,700 for the promotion of homosexuality. It follows similar bans in the southern Astrakhan and central Ryazan and Kostroma regions in Russia. St. Petersburg lawmakers postponed a debate on the bill in November l
08 02 2012
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Press Release 'Call Me Kucho'
As the Berlin Film Festival this weekend premieres “Call Me Kucho” – the story of murdered gay rights defender David Kato - the inflammatory Anti-Homosexuality Bill which, according to some sources, proposes the death sentence for “aggravated homosexuality” is once again before the Ugandan Parliamen
03 02 2012
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Feminist punk band Pussy Riot
Eight women stood in a line opposite the Kremlin, neon balaclavas hiding their faces, fists pounding the air in rugged defiance. Before police carted them off, the members of Pussy Riot managed to shout their way through a minute-long punk anthem: "Revolt in Russia – the charisma of protest / Revolt
02 02 2012
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Lithuanian fined for anti-gay comment on Facebook
A 37-year-old man from Vilnius has been ordered in court to pay a fine of 450 euros for a comment he posted under an article on Facebook about the world-famous singer Lady Gaga’s criticism of the Lithuanian Government. According to Delfi.lt, the First District Court of Vilnius City judged that, in
01 02 2012
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Black Woman Leads Crusade For LGBT Rights
Maya Rupert, 30, federal policy director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, is working to bring equal rights in all areas of life to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population. Last year’s victory toward that goal was helping to convince the Obama Administration to stop d
27 01 2012
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Cynthia Nixon: Lesbian, bisexual, or?
Cynthia Nixon says she’s a lesbian by choice, a statement that has angered the gay community. But the mother of two who conceived those children with a former boyfriend also says she has her reasons for not saying she’s bisexual. "I don't pull out the 'bisexual' word because nobody likes the bisexu
27 01 2012
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President of the EP support LGBT rights
Members of the European Parliament marked the middle of their five-year mandate by taking part in a gathering for the rights of LGBT people. ILGA-Europe and the LGBT Intergroup in the European Parliament jointly organised a two-day event to reminding MEPs of political priorities to uphold LGBT peopl
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Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice
Queer Sisters Run 2019 edition's co-organisers were ახალგაზრდა მწვანეები • Georgian Young Greens and StudioMobile - Accent on Action SMAA სტუდიომობილი - აქცენტი მოძრაობაზე. The main topic of 2019 marathon was Social and Environmental Justice and the common purposes of Queer and Green Politics. This year's motto: Queer Politics is Green Politics!  Queer Sisters Run, started in 2018, is a new initiative by WISG, aiming for strengthening the queer community and finding new spaces and forms for activist communications and relations. #queersisters #queerpoliticsisgreenpolitics
Queer Sisters Run - Social and Environmental Justice
GRADATION - installation for The Trans Day of Remembrance